Ritz-Carlton Hotel (New York City)

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This article is about the former hotel at 46th Street. For the hotel by Central Park, see
The Ritz-Carlton New York, Central Park
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Ritz-Carlton Hotel
The Ritz-Carlton in 1911
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Present-day site of the building
General information
Architectural styleNeoclassical
LocationManhattan, New York City
Coordinates40°45′20″N 73°58′39″W / 40.755630°N 73.977580°W / 40.755630; -73.977580
Opened1911
Demolished1951
OwnerThe Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company

The Ritz-Carlton Hotel was a luxury hotel in New York City, owned by the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company. It was located at 46th Street and Madison Avenue in Midtown Manhattan.

History

The Ritz-Carlton Investing Company was established by Albert Keller, who bought and franchised the name in the United States. The New York hotel opened in 1911; it was the first Ritz-Carlton Hotel in the U.S.[1] Louis Diat ran the kitchens and is believed to have invented the modern vichyssoise there.[2] Vincent Sardi Jr. completed his training at the hotel before rejoining Sardi's, his family restaurant business.[3]

In the opening year, the Ritz-Carlton Company announced its intention to expand the hotel, adding 100 rooms, a 300-seat banquet hall, ballroom, and private dining rooms, all on the 46th Street side.[4] Upon the death of the hotel's owner, Robert Walton Goelet, in 1941, he bequeathed the hotel, "free and clear of mortgage and restrictions" to his alma mater, Harvard University.[5]

The New York hotel was demolished in 1951, leaving only the Boston location.[6]

Later operations

In 1982, Blakely licensed the Ritz-Carlton name to hotelier John Bennett Coleman for two hotels Coleman was renovating,

Central Park South in New York City.[7][8] Coleman renamed them the Ritz-Carlton Washington, D.C., and the Ritz-Carlton New York in April 1982.[9] The two hotels eventually joined the modern chain that would be founded a few years later. Ritz-Carlton's management of the New York hotel ended in 1997, with the hotel joining the Sheraton chain and becoming a Westin, and later an InterContinental. The building was converted to a luxury co-op
in 2006.

In 1999 Ritz-Carlton acquired the former Hotel St. Moritz in New York City.[10] It was extensively renovated and re-opened in 2002 as a luxury hotel and condominium complex called the Ritz-Carlton New York, Central Park.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Ritz-Carlton: the beginning". The Most Famous Hotels in the World. November 4, 2014. Archived from the original on April 1, 2013. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
  2. ISBN 978-0767915793
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  3. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved June 26, 2022.
  4. ^ "Hotel Chain here for Ritz-Carlton Co" (PDF). The New York Times. May 20, 1911. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
  5. ^ "GOELET WILL GIVES 'RITZ' TO HARVARD; Hotel and Its Site, Taxed on $3,675,000, Go to the University Unrestricted" (PDF). The New York Times. July 12, 1941. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
  6. ^ "Ritz-Carlton Hotel". New York Architecture. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
  7. ^ Duka, John (April 25, 1982). "New Ritz-Carlton Offers Luxury on Smaller Scale". The New York Times.
  8. ^ Goodman, George W. (November 7, 1982). "City Adding 3,500 Hotel Rooms". The New York Times.
  9. ^ Conroy, Sarah Booth (October 26, 1998). "Accommodating a Hotel's Good Name". The Washington Post. Retrieved October 5, 2015.
  10. ^ Bagli, Charles V. (November 8, 1999). "Buyer Plans for St. Moritz To Be Ritz-Carlton Flagship". The New York Times. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
  11. ^ "The Ritz Is Back in Town". Forbes. August 28, 2002. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
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